14 December 2003, 23:25 | #1 |
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DIY auto mouse/joystick switch
Years ago I built a joystick/mouse switcher that swapped between the two when I pressed the fire button/left mouse button.
I believe I copied it from an old CU amiga article, but as I've thrown them all out I can't go back and look it up. My problem is that I chopped off the 9 pin connection to the amiga mouse port so I could build a null modem cable for my 486 to play deathmatch Doom :eek I would like to know if anyone has that article so I can connect it back up again? I have found a very similar article on aminet (hard/hacks/mswitch.lha) that uses almost exactly the same components, which in common with each other are these IC's : 74LS157 & 74LS00. However, because they differ slightly - my 74LS00 has more pins than on the diagram(!?) and doesn't use a capacitor, I'd like to fix mine instead of taking it all to pieces. |
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I still haven't found the article, googled again yesterday with no luck.
I'm 99% sure it was CU amiga, so if anyone does happen to flick through some old mags please keep an eye out for it! |
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Is it this one perhaps: http://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/aminetbi...use+joy+switch
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Thanks for the response. That link isn't working for me. Looks like the site is down so I'll keep retrying.
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Anyone knows why is the 47 nF capacitor in that diagram directly connected between GND and +5V ????
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09 April 2004, 08:35 | #7 |
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I see a pattern
That's the one a mentioned in my original post. It's almost identical, but as I don't really understand how/why it works I can't adapt it (I can follow instructions and use a soldering iron). I'm just looking for the "simple" option of adding the plug back on my previously working version. Thanks anyway. |
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Turns out I didn't throw my amiga mags out, found a pile 3 feet high in my parents attick! Two hours later I tracked down the article I need I have it scanned it it's any use to anyone.
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27 April 2004, 19:17 | #9 |
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Sure thing... post the scan in the zone
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27 April 2004, 23:10 | #10 |
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tis probably the same one I've been meaning to do, when I finsh the computer room... if it is, that's another job saved
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They're too big for the zone. I can't make them smaller as it would become unreadable, it's hard enough as it is!
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28 April 2004, 20:12 | #12 |
Now got GSX750F :))
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run the scans through some OCR s/w, save to PDF format....
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30 April 2004, 14:40 | #13 |
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The OCR didn't make too clever a job at it! Once I've fixed mine, I'll make a proper document out if it and post it up.
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01 May 2004, 02:55 | #14 |
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That's what I did with the A500 to A500+ transform doc which is in the zone now!
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